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UNITED A STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN T. DEMORST, OF BELDING, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MARY L. WILSON, ALVIN T. DIMMICK, AND IVILLIS D. SINOLAIR, OF SAME PLACE.

WALL-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,384, dated October 27', 1896.

Application filed January 25, 1896. Serial No. 576,863. (No model.)

To all v7/,0721, t 72u01/ concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN T. DEMOREST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belding, in the county of Ionia and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tall-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wall-racks for books, papers, magazin es, and other similar articles,

1o and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device that will be adapted to receive and retain the articles in separate pockets formed thereon, and which will at the same time offer no impediment to the inspection of the contents of the several pockets for the purpose of selection, thus obviating the necessity of removing them from the racks for that purpose.

A further object of my invention is to so 2o construct the said pockets that articles of a greater length than the width of the pockets may be introduced therein and may assume a position at the bottom of said pockets, thus permitting their withdrawal from either side 2 5 of the pockets, as well as from the top thereof.

A still further object of myinvention is to provide for a limited swinging movement of the pockets away from the base-board, so that one or more articles may be received and re- 3o tained in position, the weight of said articles together with that of the pocket itself serving to hold said articles against accidental displacement. Moreover, when the wid th of the articles held is greater than the normal width 3 5 of a pocket when in its extended position the peculiar construction of the pocket will'permit a still further resilient expansion to accommodate the articles held.

One advantage of this construction will be 4o readily appreciated when it is understood that in racks of this character heretofore used the sides of the pockets have been closed, thus permitting the insertion and withdrawal of articles only from the top thereof and preventing the reception of articles longer than the width of said pockets.`

These objects I accomplish in the manner and by the means hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accom- 5o panying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view of myimproved device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail transverse sectional View of the baseboard of the rack. Fig. 5 is a detailfront elevation 55 of one of the pockets, and Fig. 6 a side view of same.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 denotes the base-board of the rack, which consists simply of an elongated board of prefer- 6o ably rectangular shape and provided in its back surface `with two parallel longitudinal grooves 2, running the whole length thereof and located one near each side edge thereof, as shown in Fig. 3. This board may be formed of wood or any suitable metal ornamented in any desired manner, and having preferably in its top edge a hook 3 for hanging the same upon the wall, or, if desired, the rack may be attached to the wall by screws passing 7o through the body thereof.'

The pockets proper of the rack consist each of a piece of wire having its ends 4 passing loosely into transverse apertures in the sides of the base-board and terminating in the lon- 7 5 gitudinal grooves 2 therein, the extensions 5 projecting into said grooves being bent up, as` shown, to prevent their withdrawal, and at the same time preventing any movement of the body portion of the wire pocket toward the 8o base-board, while permitting a free swinging movement to said pocket in a direction away `from the base-board. From the apertures in the base-board the wire extends downwardly and outwardly for a distance and is then 8 5 turned up to form the U-shaped loops 6, the outer portions of said loops extending upward to the height of the pocket and being then bent down again and coming together in the central tongue '7, as will be clearly seen and un- 9o derstood by referring to Figs. l, 2., and 5. The pocket thus formed is open at its sides, and at the same time, owing to the stiness of the wire composing the same, forms a firm support for any articles placed therein, said articles resting in the loop 6 and being capable of being inserted or withdrawn from either side or the top. Moreover, the open-work character of the pocket will offer no impediment to the inspection of the exterior of any roo article held therein, thus savingl time and trouble when a selection is being made.

Owing to the free support for the pockets gether with the weigl'it of the pocket itself will cause the front of the pocket to approach the base-board, thus affording a means for retaining the article 'in place7 while at the same time the pocket may be readily drawn out for the insertion ot' additional articles and will in a like manner swing back when released as far as the width of the inserted articles will permit. Then a pocket is filled to its natural limits7 its resilient character will permit a still further distention for the admission ci more articles.

I have shown in the accompanying drawings the rack provided with a series of four pockets, but it will be understood that this number may be increased or diminished, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wall-rack provided with a baseboard, the combination with said base-board, of a series of resilient open-sided pockets formed with arms provided with extensions loosely engaged at its ends with apertures in the sides of the base-board passing therethrough into the grooves in the back thereof and turned abruptly therein to prevent withdrawal and to limit the movement of said pockets toward the base-board, but permittingmovement away from said base-board, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereto ai'iix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALLEN T. DEMOREST.

Witnesses:

PEARL RosEvELT, F. A. GLEAsoN. 

